RETRO DUNDEE

It was sale time at Alex Smith's in Commercial Street when this ad appeared in 1972. For the gals there were things like skinny rib j...

 Here's some ads pertaining to BG Forbes, a shop that sold records and musical instruments. First though, the photo is...

I haven't mentioned much about Dundee's golf scene on Retro, so because I have some bits & pieces, not much, I'm gonna post...

On a rainswept night in April 1964, Alex Smith's store in Commercial Street is illuminated and some of their Spring collection is on di...

 Here's a fashion shop you may have forgotten all about - The Stable boutique in Commercial Street. The photo was taken in th...

I put a few items up in 2008 relating to the time when the BBC filmed the Alan Bennett play "An Englishman Abroad" in the e...

3 Murraygate shots to finish the 80's shoppers sequence. TOP - 4th February 1984 - pretty packed at this end of the street lo...

This ad for Jack and Irving Hairdressing in Commercial Street is dated 1987. Dawn, one of their stylists, did the hairdo in the picture.

This interior shot of Alex Smith's Commercial Street store, was taken in September 1968. It has a mix of household items for the kitchen...

This ad from 1965 is for the Dundee Supply Company who were located a couple of doors up from DM Browns in Commercial Street. I must adm...

Arnotts was the large department store located on the corner of Commercial Street and the High Street, taking over from DM Browns in the ea...

This ad for the Shish Mahal Tandoori Restaurant in Commercial Street is from 1979. Not sure whether the sales pitch in it is supposed to...

This is how the High Street looked in the early 70's, looking down towards Commercial Street from Castle Street. The 3 main shops in t...

3rd ad is for DM Brown's, on the corner of the High Street & Commercial Street. This was a large department store, the perfume area...

A little glimpse inside David Low's Sport shop in June 1972, the golf department being on the upper level. Apart from all the obvious go...

I never thought I'd be able to put the top photo to good use but seeing as I mentioned Bruce's carrier bags in the previous pos...